| Thunder on the St. Johns Contributor(s): Gramling, Lee (Author) |
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ISBN: 1561640808 ISBN-13: 9781561640805 Publisher: Pineapple Press OUR PRICE: $10.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1994 Annotation: The vast unsettled lands of Florida in the 1850s are a magnet drawing men and women from all backgrounds toward the promise of fresh beginnings. Most of them are honest, hard-working citizens. But there is another element, as on any frontier: the violent, the greedy, the power-hungry. Will the honest homesteaders prevail over those who would destroy their dreams even before they can begin to build? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 94012984 |
| Series: Cracker Western |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 4.97" W x 6.96" (0.61 lbs) 298 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Florida - Cultural Region - South Atlantic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cracker Westerns are rip-roarin, action-packed, can't-put-'em-down tales set in the frontier days of Florida. They are full of adventure, real heroes, and vivid, authentic details that bring Florida's history to life. Chance Ramsay, a riverboat gambler, has run into one too many sore losers; he's just killed a man in self-defense after winning the man's Arabian mare in a poker game in Georgia, and the man's brother vows revenge. Ramsay flees south into Florida, encountering young Josh Carpenter and his family, who are traveling into the Florida wilderness via wagon and riverboat to start a new life. Meanwhile, outlaws are gathering around the St. Johns River near the town of Volusia with plans to take the lands and livestock they want by force. Will the Carpenters and their companions prevail over those who would destroy their dreams even before they begin to build? Even with the help of Ramsay's blazing six-guns and the shrewd native skills of the trapper's daughter Abby Macklin, there will be Thunder on the St. Johns before this struggle reaches its final conclusion.
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Contributor Bio(s): Gramling, Lee: - Lee Gramling is a sixth-generation Floridian who lives in Gainesville. He is an admirer of the late Louis L'Amour and was inspired by the tales of the Florida frontier he heard from his grandparents. |